Division-board.



W. S. LIVBNGOOD.

DIVISION BOARD.

APPLICATION FILBD'FBB.6,19141 1,121,564, Patented Dec. 15.1914.

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WINFIELDS. LIVENGOOD, OF CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR T0 MISSOURI HAY PRESS COMPANY, OF MOBERLY, MISSOURI, A. CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

DIVISION-BOARD.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, IVINFI LD GOOD, a citizen of the United States, residing at KansasCity, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented oer tain new and useful Improvements in Di vision-Boards; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which'it' appertains to make and use the same, reference'being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the; letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part'of this specification.

My invention relates to divisionboards for hay presses, and has for its principal object to provide a board of this character, which is simple andeconomical', but strong in construction, and comprises means" for facilitating the application of tie wires to the bales.

In accomplishing this object, I have pro-v vided improved detailsof structure, the preferred forms of'which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure I is a perspective view'of apart of a baling case equipped with-division boards constructed in accordance with my'f invention. FigII is an enlarged side elevation of the board. Fig. III is a longitudinal section of one of the board slats, particularly illustrating the wire channels. Fig. IV is an enlarged detail perspective view of a part of the board, showing a wire channel and particularly the beveled mouth thereof.

, Referring more in detail to the parts: 1 designates a baling case,.which may be of any ordinary construction, but preferably comprises a platform 2 and corner angles 3,

forming a chute through which the bales of hay or other material are adapted for travel, after they have'been pressed in a compression chamber. It is customary in machines of this character to provide means for dividing the compressed material to form bales of desired length, and'usually comprising boards, which are dropped into the case adjacent the compression chamber.

The board, which I claim as my invention, comprises slats 5, which are preferably three in number, and spaced to provide recesses 6 therebetween; the ends, of the slats being beveled at their ends in order to provide S. Lrvim 'Specifieation of Letters Patent. mmg 15,1914 Application filed February 6, i914, was No. 316,938;

points that will enable the ends of the. slats to penetrate material in the'compression' chamber when the boards areinstalled. The

when the bales are to be tied. The edges of.

the'sockets 9 are turned backwardly and laterally to form the flanges 13 that lie along the face of the slats when the rails are in place; the backturning of'the edges of the s sockets forming lips 14 that projectbeyond the faces of the slats and serve to protect the heads 15 and'nuts 16 of the bolts 17 by which the rails are attached to the slats, so that such heads andnuts may not contact with parts of the press, or'with thematerial being baled therein. a

J'VVhen the division boards are set inplace,

the rails 8 are arranged in pairs on opposite sides of the board, so'that both faces of the board are the sameandithe paired rails are secured in place by common bolts 17 which 'extend through the slats and through the lips of the rails on opposite sides ofthe board. By arranging-the'rails in this man-v ner, and sharpening both ends of the slats, it is immaterialzwhich end of'the board is projected into thefcase, as with this arrangement either end may serve as the top or bottom of the board.

In order to facilitate the projection of the tie wires through'the rail sockets, I prefer to bevel the rails at the ends of the sockets, as indicated at 18, so that when a wire is started into the socket it may strike the beveled edge and be guided into the socket channel.

In using the board with an ordinary hay press, the board is lowered into the compression chamber in the ordinary manner, and the material pressed thereagainst, so that the board and material are forced through the baling case. When sufficient material. has accumulated back of each board, a succeeding board is placed and tie wires passed around the bale; the ends of the wires being projected through the socket in the rails 8, so that they may be passed entirely around the bales andjtiedv Should one of the slats in the board be broken, the pieces may here- 25 having a socket portion seated in said groove, and lips secured to the body member by Letters-Patent, is:

1. A division board comprising a body member having a transverse'groove therein,

a corrugated rail comprising a central socket portion projected into the body groove, and flanges at the sides of the body portion overlying the face ,of said body' member. I v

2. A division board comprising a body member having a transverse groove therein,

1 cure the parts together. e I i. The combination With spaced, slats spaced members.

a corrugated rail comprising a central socket portion projected into the body groove, flanges at the sides of the body portion overlying the face of said body member, and means for securing said flanges to the body'member.

3. A division board comprising a body having a transverse groove therein, a rail andhaving outturned portions at the edges of the socket portion, and means projecting through the body member and flanges to so.-

having alining transverse grooves, of a rail having a socket portlon seated in said grooves, and having lips secured to the 5. A division board comprising a body member having transverse grooves in its opposite faces, and a Tall secured to opposite Copies of this patent may b'cobtained-for five cents each; by addressing the f Commissioner ofPatentsr to said slats to unite the same in an integral structure. v

' 7. The combination With spaced slatseach having a plurality o'f'transverse grooves, With the grooves in the separate slats in transverse alinement, and rails secured to said slats and having socket portions seated in said grooves. a

8. The combination With a plurality of spaced slats of equal length and each having a plurality of transverse grooves in its opposite faces With relative grooves in the different slats arranged in transverse alinea ment, and pairedfon opposite sidesof the slats, rails secured to the slats and having socket portions seated in said grooves With the edges of thev sockets turned back and lying against the faces of the slats, and bolts extending through the flanges of the rails on opposite sidesof the slats, substantially. assetforth. H a

v 9. A division board comprising a body member having transverse grooves, and a rail secured to the body member and having a socket portion seated. in said glfl oves' with the end of the socket; beveled to form a mouth, for the purpose set forth. I

In testimony Whereof Iaiiix my signature in presence of tvvo wiltnesses'. I

. .WINFIELDI S. 'LIVENGOOD.

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